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BESSIE WETZELL U O F ORE NEWSPAPER ( . I B E U G E N E OR 9 7 4 0 9 ------\ The H eppner High Gazette-Times Tuesday Kcb W rdncsda* Kcb Thursday . Kcb F rid a y , Kcb Saturday Kcb Sunday. f cb Monday Kcb M a rro u .- C o u n t y ' s H o m e - O w n e d W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r V IH IU N O * M t D N t H i m f k b k i aka i 2 page * » .n t» H e p p n e r. O re * * » 25' liv 12 13 14 15 I« 17 III 45 41 47 4M 45 4M 4M 1 ow 23 25 3U 24 23 24 27 t h r ( i t \ o f 11 t*|»|tn«T J Morrow County Centennial celebration culminates with evening gala Editorial This Bud’s for Who ? Portland Mayor Mud Clark was in town Saturday night for an address to the Morrow County Centennial Celebration, and for those who expected a dog and pony show from the “ unconventional" Hose City Mayor, they probably went away disappointed Sure. Mud gave his famous “ whoop, whoop" (twice in School board objects to S3,000 fee The M o rn m County School H oard raised ob je ctio ns M onday 10 a p ro jxisod c o n tra c t fro m the co u n ty fa ir hoard re q u irin g the d is tric t to pay W.fltxi per y e a r fo r use o f th«- fa ir and rodeo grounds fo r s p o rtin g and o th e r events The d is tric t doe* not pay an annual fee now and the c o n tra c t between the tw o bodies h a sn 't been updated fo r so m e tim e , fa irb o a rd m e m b e r M e r ly n K o b in s o n s a id Tuesday The d is tric t o bjected m a in ly to the annual fee and re q u ire m e n ts that the schools clean up the re stro o m s, gran d sta n d , d ressing room s and held areas w ith in 24 hours fo llo w in g use of the grounds, as w e ll as stip u la tio n s that the d is tric t p ro vid e crow d c o n tro l d u rin g gam es, and pay fo r e le c tric ity in a b lin k b u ild in g on the grounds d u rin g O ctober and N ovem ber In the past the d is tric t and the fa ir hoard d iv id e d c e rta in costs fo r upkeep of the grounds h o w e ve r, the fa ir hoard has found that its budget cannot keep up w ith the expenses fo r m ainte n a n ce , and has asked the d is tric t fo r m ore help The d is tric t uses the grounds for fo o tb a ll and baseball gam es as w e ll as p h y s ic a l ed u catio n classes fo r the a djacent g ra d e schiNil S uperintendent D oyle M cC aslin said the d is tric t presently puts about $J j<si per y e a r in to the grounds th rough m a te ria ls and la b o r T his isn t a one sid e d d e a l." Kobinson said We w ant to be e q u itab le to a ll sides and we feel we should have some re im b u rs e m e n t because o u r funds don I c o v e r a ll the e x p e nse s in k e e p in g up th e grounds She pointed out that the fa ir tio a rd receives only 1.15.lion per ye a r fro m the sta le ra c in g co m m issio n to pul on a fa ir, and that it has been hit w ith se ve ra l la rg e increases in expenses in the last se ve ra l years "T h is c o n tra c t is ne g otia b le and I th in k n othing can tie sa id fo r c e rta in u n til the two groups fa ir b o a rd and school h o a rd 1 sit down and ta lk about it , ' Kobinson said fle p p n e r E le m e n ta ry P rin c ip a l D otl Cole, whose school uses the ground e x te n s iv e ly , lo ld the board he w ould lik e to see th in g s w orked out e q u ita b ly because w e ’ve a lw a ys got along p re tty good w ith them in the past, and it's best fo r eve ryo n e if we continue to do so " In o th e r business the hoard heard fro m H eppner E co n o m ic D e ve lo p m ent C o m m issio n HEIM m em b e r Jim Hayes, w tio la ia w i atu nil the d is tric t's possible help in construe lio n o f a baseball fie ld near W illow t reek l-ake Hayes said the d is tric t m ig h t have use o f the fie ld fo r baseball gam es and fe lt ouf the hoard on possible fin a n c ia l help fro m the d is tric t fo r its c o n s tru c tio n A t present Hay es and the H E D C have been w o rk in g on h a vin g sever al re c re a tio n fa c ilitie s b u ilt at the la k e , in c lu d in g a c a m p g ro u n d , s w im m in g area and a b a ll fie ld The t ' S A rm y Corps o f E n g in e e r* has said that it w o u ld fund 5(1 percent of the cost o f co n s tru c tio n fa i ililie s at the la ke . Hayes said Two h o a rd m e m b e n responded to H ayes' request, w ith Bob M ahoney saying the fie ld w ould tie too fa r fro m tow n, and J e rry M c E llig n tt p o in tin g out th a t the d is tric t is in the process of tr y in g to get its budget pass«*! w h ich doe* not in clu d e money fo r a b a ll fie ld In o th er a ctio n , the board tattled a request fro m Tom M cConnell fo r use of the old la -xin g ton school as a lib r a ry H ow ever, because of a m ix u p on w h ich room was being requested the tio a rd ta b led the request u n til la te r McCon nell said he had between three and lo u r thousand books to put in the proposed lib ra ry heard a request fro m County C o m m issio n e r Ir v Kauch. a sking that the d is tric t k ic k in $2 ixm fo r w a te r co n tro l co n s tru c tio n on a road leading down fro m H eppner H igh School K auch sa id the w a te r is ru n n in g down the road and a d iv e r sion needs to tie b u ilt He said the county w ould also pay I2.UU0 The tio a rd took no actio n heard fro m G ary Olson, a teacher p re se n tly w o rk in g w ith Id students in the H oardm an area in vo lve d w ith the d is tric t s new p ro je c t Help (llso n said the p ro g ra m is a im ed at students who have, o r a re consul e rin g d ro p p in g out of school and is designed to get them back in to the school system The d is tric t has rented o ffic e space in the post o ffic e bu d ding in H oardm an w here the students meet re m in d e d the board that the d is tric t budget h e a rin g has been set fo r M arch 4 The budget e le ctio n w ill lie held M a rch 2*> heard fro m John Kdm undson. who said the d is tric t w ould have to fo rfe it $120 of state m oney because a n o n -ce rtifle a fe d su b stitu te te a che r was h ire d .it H oardm a*' fo r davs No one can w ork fo r the d is tric t w ith o u t a c e rtific a te , said Edm ondson and when we found out our m is ta k e we blew the w h istle on ourselves The fo rfe itu re re p re senled the am ount of m oney the teacher was paid C o n tin u e d Page 2 fact), and he did take lots of snapshots with his ever present pocket camera, but he didn’t expose himself to art (or anyone else), or do anything really very extraordinary. After hearing about the man in the media, one wasn’t sure what to expect from Mud Clark, but what we got was a Portland Mayor that mingled with the crowd, talked with all who approached him, and gave a serious speech on his Morrow County roots, and the plans he has for the future of Portland. “ I ’m working on selling Portland as the city that represents the Columbia Basin area," Clark said He pointed out that Portland is getting neither its share of the exporting and trading business of the Pacific rim, nor the convention business of the Northwest. Hardly the ramblinas of an aging be nickered yuppie, who’s been poling his canoe on the Willamette River too long k No, Clark sounded like the serious mayor of a large city. He has a plan for Portland And if he can pull it off, they're sure to be singing ‘‘this Mud’s for Portland" in the Rose City. Then the next tune we are likely to hear may well be. is this Mud for Oregon? D.K.S K eynote speakers fro m P o rtla n d am i M onm outh square dancers m usicia ns, a w a rd s, am i m uch lig h t h e a rte d r e m in is i m g l i l l r i ! th e '■veiling Saturday Kcb in h o noring M orrow County on its lix ith b irth day D c ljih a Jones c h a irw o m a n of the C entennial C o m m itte e w e lcom ed the a p p ro x im a te ly J7o who had assem bled to c o m m e m o ra te the c o u n ty 's b e g in n in g s T h e Kev S tuart D ick of la *xing to n led the cro w d in a p ra y e r of tlia n k s g iv m g fo r a good county h a v in g p ro v id e d 1 (Hi years of abundant h a rv e s ts in an h o u r o f fa m in e a n d p e s tile n c e around the w o rld As guests w ere served by m em tiers of W illo w s Kbou C reek, le x ington and G re e n fie ld g ra n g e s the Hoy Seoul T ro o p tad R ic h a rd Hetty John. H ow a rd and Steven Swanson and J J Shaw presented the co lo rs N o n ta M a rq u a rd t of P o rtla n d sang the S ta r Spangled B a n n e r w h ile everyone re m a in e d sta n d in g K e lly M a rq u a rd t p layed the pia n o fo r tio lh the n a tio n a l a n the m and a unison sin g in g of A m e ric a the B e a u tifu l Jones co n tin ue d the p ro g ra m w ith in tro d u c tio n s of the d ig n ita rie s ot the head ta b le in c lu d in g present county c o m m issio n e rs J e rry Peck and Irv Kauch and fo rm e r m in im s sinner W a rre n McCoy who was on the c o u rt when the c e n te n n ia l p ro Jeet tiegan as w e ll as fo rm e r co u n ty judge. P a u l Jones was also in tro duced Pour o f the county * fiv e m a y o rs w ere in tro d u c e d M a y o r Don Kp pen bach of Irrig o n . M a y o r (.a le G r ill of B o a rd m a n M a y o r John K ip p lc o f L e x in g to n , and M a y o r C ara Costa of H eppnei C ounty P la n n e r Deane Seeger was in tro d u c e d as an a id e to the centen m al c o m m itte e of K u lh M cCabe and Delpha Jones T he p ro g ra m con Untied w ith the announcem ent by Jean Nelson, c o o rd in a to r of the essay contest fo r ju n io r high school students of the th ird place. $5 w in n e r. J ill Nelson, d a u g h te r o f Ken C o n tin u e d Page Good cause brings Heppner artist to soap box C ork Norene is no! o n ly a locally p ro m in e n t a rtis t, but also is w e il known fo r her a b ility to stand on a soap box now and then if it 's fo r a good cause And Norene ha* found such a cause in A rtis ts in Educa lio n , a p ro g ra m in w h ich v is itin g a rtis ts and c ra fts people are placed in the schools fo r the e d ucation and d e lig h t o f the students " A r tis ts in E d u ca tio n is a concern fo r m e as w e ll as m y frie n d s in A rt Club and c o m m u n ity m em bers s a id N o re n e "W e re lo o k in g to w a rd s a b e tte r and m ore w e ll rounded in d iv id u a l Nol a ll of us. u n fo rtu n a te ly , a re ath le te s A few are good in both 'a th le tic s and the a rts • t- o r those who have oth er ne e ds. I w o u ld hope s o m e d a y schools w ould use m ore a rts w ith the other p ro g ra m s they now o ffe r Norene a g ra d u a te of the M orrow County school system , is one who has done an e ffe c tiv e jo b of co m h in mg a th le tic s , scholastics and the a rts A m e m b e r of the UM£ G illia m County Kodeo C o u rt and the RM7 M o rro w C o u n ty K o d e o C o u rt. Norene also played in te rsch o la stic v o lle y b a ll in high school and was a ju n io r life g u a rd at the H eppner Pool d u rin g the su m m e r ( if her in vo lve m e n t in the a rts. Norene says I w o rk in a ll m edia le a rn in g to see is m y n u m b e r one p rio rity I II a lw a ys and fo re v e r re m a in a student I never tir e of le a rn in g m o re and som ething new and d iffe re n t " A n a rtis t is usually hardest on his own w o rk she add<>d and th a t's how it should tie N ever re a lly being co m p le te ly sa tisfie d and s triv in g lo r b e tte r m e n t is v e r y im p o r ta n t Y o u 're a lw a ys pleased when some th in g yo u 've done pleases someone else S ou ve told it w e ll and th a t’s w hat counts " I try fo r o rig in a lity in m y w ork this a llow s me tu photograph to lie rn m p o itio n u lly co rre ct fo r m y canvas and not have an exact likeness T h a t's the p r iv i lege an a rtis t has by so doing he can give o r c re a te a fe e lin g of g re a te r depth o r d ista n ce to his w ork " The o rig in a l o f the p a in tin g pic tured above is d isp la ye d at the m useum in H eppner The o rig in a l, don«* in IK7H by O live Bush Swag g a rt. depicts the b a ttle at W illow Springs B a ttle M ou n ta in an h is lo r leal s ite ' al the headw aters of L ittle B u tte r C reek I ve becom e involv ed w ith the p ic tu re ." said Norene " h e r (S w a g g a rf's i h a n d lin g o f the m ed iu m , s to ry , e v e ry th in g I had as a youngster, m ade a c a ttle d riv e one su m m e r th ro u g h the sam e area, sleeping out and kn o w in g the sto ry fro m old So it's tieen a c h a lle n g e to me seeing if I can ca p tu re her s ty le When fin ish e d I ¡1 re v e rt back im m e d ia te ly to m y own s ty le " I do ve ry lit t le copy w o r k ," she continued, and the s m a ll a m ount I do Is le g a lly rig h t up fro n t It's a fu lly accepted p ra c tic e as long as the a rtis t gives fu ll c re d it to the o rig in a l a rtis t, sig n in g th e ir ilh e o rig in a l a rtis t s ' nam e fir s t, follow ed by his own s ig n a tu re " Norene who says she like s w o rk mg alone, also e n joys the free d o m " t o change fro m one m ed iu m to another, s im p ly to g iv e m y s e lf a break It a llo w s m e to fre e up m ore, have m ore tun, if you w ill " Norene com es fro m a ric h h e r it age of the a rts H er g ra n d m o th e r, Cora E ic h in g e r. a g ra d u a te of the M inneapolis School of M usic, w ro te m u s ic , ly r ic s a n d p o e try T he fam ous W estern a rtis t. E'. H Wuig ley. was a fa m ily frie n d of N o re n e s p a re n ts " f o r o ve r 5« y e a rs ' and was Norene s m en to r " I knew Wuig a ll my life . " said Norene When we had a dude ran ch in the Y a k im a Valley (Juig went w ith m y fa th e r on roundups and he based his a rt on those tim e s VJuigley, who passed aw ay last y e a r, spent his last years on the Tony Vcy place g u ig le y s w o rk is d isp la ye d at the O regon H is to ric a l Society in P o rtla n d and at the Cowboy lla li of Kam e in o k la hom a C ity Norene s m oth e r. K u th N u ttin g , her husband. J im Norene, 4 tie r d a u g h te r. T r a d e Bunch and her d a u g h te r's fa m ily a re " a ll in v o lv e d in the a rts in some m a n n e r We tr y as a fa m ily u n it to lie s u p p o rtiv e and h e lp lu l of each o th er 's ta le n ts in the way they 'see D n f o r t u n a t e ly , a c c o rd in g to Norene. the " s ta r v in g a rtis t stereo type is m ore tru th than fic tio n "A n y m oney we d e riv e fro m o u r a rt is im m e d ia te ly |iu t back in to m ore lessons, supplies, tool*, etc So it's m ostly o u tg o ." concludes Norene " I do e v e ry so often save up and then tr y to buy a s m a ll piece of some o ther a rtis t's w o rk fo r our hom e and o ffic e , and by so doing s u p jio rt them as w e ll as e n jo y the o b je ct of a rt " A rea a rt a ffm o n a d o s w ill have the o p p o rtu n ity of doing Ix ith th is T hu rx day. Kcb 21. s ta rtin g at H p m at A ll S a m i's E p isco p a l C hurch P a ris h H a ll in H eppner M orro w C ounty A rts and C ra fts m e m tie rx w ill dis pla y a rt (or sale and the H eppner lone B ra n ch o f A A l W w ill present a slide show on N orth w e st wom en a rtis ts K e lre s h m e n ts w ill he served and the c o m m u n ity is in v ite d to a ttend Police Chief issues warning PARENTS We have re c e n tly had some in d ica tio n s in our area w hich I deem im p o rta n t enough to cause m e to issue th is w a rn in g P a re n ts know w here yo u r c h ild re n are at a ll tim e * I f you have a lre a d y advised them not to ta lk to or go w ith stra n g e rs , in s tru c t them again If they re p o rt any in cid e n t to you. L IS T E N and p ra ise them fo r co n fid in g in you W atch out fo r each o th er s c h ild re n Cooperate w ith yo u r neighbor If you have any in fo rm a tio n , please, co n tact me Douglas C K athbun C hief o f P olice The P olice C h ie f's re m in d e r is the resu lt of an in cident last T hu rsd a y I d riv ing ii (io kup re jx irle d ly stopped and to ld the txiy th .il he had m issed his bus and o ffe re d to g ive h im a ride to school Bei ause the boy ran back home, his m o th e r was able (o b rin g him to tow n w h e re they saw the suspected ve h icle and re p o rte d the alleged in cid e n t to the C ity Police H eppner schools have sent notices home w ith p u p il* a le rtin g p a re n ts to m o rn in g in v o lv in g a hoy who was w a rn c h ild re n not to accept rules w a itin g fo r his sctuml bus on the (rom stra n g e rs even in M orrow H inton ( reek b » A m an - route f C ork Norene M orro w C ounty C re a tiv e A rts and C ra ft* pre sid e n t and A A I W m e m b e r jxises w ith her co m m issio n e d copy o f an o rig in a l by O live Bush S w aggart Norene. along w ith o th e r lo c a l a rtis ts w ill be d is p la y in g her w o rk at a show h e b ru a ry 21 s ta rtin g at H 1 p m at A ll S a in t* E p isco p a l C h u rch in H eppner T he a rt show and slide p ro g ra m of N o rth w e s t w om en a rtis ts the same evening is sponsored by the H e p p n er lone b ra n c h of A A I ' W in c o n ju n c tio n w ith O regon A r t* Week
